Friday, 15 August 2014

GraphicMail Now a SMTP, Inc Company

It’s been almost a decade since we began our journey here at GraphicMail.

For me it really did start as a journey. I met Paul on a raft trip down the Orange River in Namibia. We wanted to create a solution that enabled companies to connect with their customers. We focused on a dynamic email application which would be the basis to help our clients meet this goal. From the first email sent through the GraphicMail platform to the opening of our local office in Beijing, there have been many exciting milestones along the way.

Today’s milestone is the most exciting. I can announce that we’re being acquired by SMTP Inc. and merging with SMTP and SharpSpring.

I’m thrilled about the news of joining forces with SMTP and SharpSpring, and after you learn a bit about these companies, you’ll understand why.

By joining with them we will continue to deliver on our goal of providing a great product to help you connect with your customers.

SMTP is an industry leader in email delivery, bulk and transactional sending, and reputation management. SMTP helps its customers increase email deliverability with less time, cost and complexity than if they managed it themselves. By teaming up with SMTP, we’ll be able to strengthen GraphicMail by ensuring increased email deliverability which is crucial in the landscape of today’s overwhelmed inboxes.

SharpSpring offers a best of breed, next generation marketing automation solution. It’s an amazingly powerful integrated marketing platform and rivals the current top platforms in terms of features and performance, but it’s affordable at a fraction of the cost.

The three companies are a perfect fit – like the pieces of a puzzle coming together: SMTP’s delivery solutions, SharpSpring’s marketing automation solutions and our email solutions.

The fit is even better than just the combination the solutions.All our companies have similar cultures. We all share a commitment to delivering outstanding service and support to our customers. We’ve always believed in the importance of customer relationships here at GraphicMail. It’s why we focused on building a global network of local support for GraphicMail clients.

SMTP and SharpSpring understand the importance of being close to the customer.

All of our companies grew out of similar entrepreneurial, bootstrap beginnings. This means we understand the value of money and know that solutions must be affordable to be effective.

I’ll continue to head up GraphicMail as President, because I’m really excited to be part of this opportunity. For me, this is the next part of the journey I started years ago. Together with SMTP and SharpSpring, we’re looking to create an email ecosystem that gives you the ability to reach and connect with your customers like never before.

- Nick Eckert, President, GraphicMail

If you still have some questions or want for more information on the acquisition, check out our FAQ.